reduce effort against corruption and political crimes. in our series guardians of truth. watch now on youtube dw documentary, the this is dw new slide from the ukraine, plains new advances and it's contra offensive against. busy buying russian falls while most cow hits back with a deadly stripes on the residential building and warehouse in for them is it landscape homes. also in the program, the former us president donald trump professor,

appear in course in miami to face the most serious charges against him. yet since accused of holding top secret documents and then lying about the i'm gonna hold off is welcome to the program. ukrainian officials say russian missile attacks and central ukraine is killed at least 10 people and who owned a dozen small the regional golf in the said the dead were recovered from a 5 story residential building and from a private warehouse in the city of for very overnight air attacks was reported in the crockett area and the capitol hill keys. well, socrates say that a stop by and defenses. you sold follow claims by ukraine of successes and it's contra offensive against russian forces the smouldering of

the mass of get another attack on ukrainian homes. missiles hit these apartments in the early hours of tuesday, engulfing the building and surroundings and flames. dozens of residents were injured, others killed. many, we're trapped in the wreckage. when we got out from under the rubble, the 1st thing i saw were people who came out naked with children from neighboring houses, where there was also destruction. people were bringing slippers, bathrobes, water, blankets for the children, asking how can we help you come to us? that's the kind of people we have here. several other buildings increa very, we also had well, sorry, she's described as a massive miss style attack on president. the load them is zalinski is home, city is resident survey,

the damage elsewhere ukrainian troops claimed to be pushing back rushes, occupying forces keep seas. it's counter offensive. has re cap, should villages in the next ends up a range of regions which russia illegally annex last year. troops say this 1st, which was filmed in the town of a store, rose a bit and done. it rushes military claims to have repelled ukraine's attempts to advance in the area of the us. we just the bottoms our fears, but our movement is under way and that is crushed out of one of the enemy's losses are exactly what we need on. although the weather in these days is on february bill and that's the raise, complicates our tasks never the less the strength of our soldiers here. so we solve, i'm the, i'm grateful to each and everyone who is currently encumbered to everyone because the parts. so we have somebody per gates in the respective ways improve. i mean, maybe for me this doctor keeps claims have yet to be independently verified as

russian attacks on their homes continue reports of ukrainian progress on the battlefield. a wealth from signs of a least violent future ukraine is reporting that it's contra offensive has made increments of advances. i asked maureen, a mirror on the honorary research fellow at king's college to london. how substantial those gains are as well given the fact that the comfortable fence has begun and the about a week ago, it's too early to say. so far we have seen some mixed results. the russian side has claim that the managed to push back to ukrainian troops. the ukrainian creams claim that they have taken the few settlements that i think the most success has happened into the next creation. and in some settlement since up are easier. however, it is too early to judge,

we shouldn't be overestimating the setbacks and we shouldn't be overestimating the games made so far. now these reports are coming from different areas of, of ukraine to next. so uh, is that what is yeah about move without a single area of focus. can you tell us more of what might be the strategy behind it? well, the idea here is to keep the russians guessing because the russians happened preparing for this conference for quite a while now. and so the ukrainians have to maintain the initiative of surprise, which is very difficult. one of the comprehensive has been announced in the media for so many models now and possible directions has been discussed. so the idea is to see where is the russian defenses are at their weakest and twos trying at different points in order to disorient the russians. so that they don't know where as a means trying will be taking place. and this is why we're seeing activities across

the russian border in value north region were seeing also some movements around me . whereas the rush and forces claim to have a push back to the russian forces on the flying. so what we're seeing in the south region attacks, and we're also seeing obviously separation which might be the main force of the forces. so this is the strategy of solve cuts, and now the russians have have months to digging for the ukrainian offensive and apparently also successful, the least. and possibly they're about destroyed tanks that like the john and left the tanks. how strong is the defense as well? some restaurant officials have described it as one of the most complex defense system seen so far. and russians have apparently good engineering skills when it comes to building defenses. so those actual on defenses, they have built a quite complex and they have time since november of 2022. when they started

preparing the defenses and they consist of the front layer. so they have mine fields and they have uh, fox holes. um they have trenches they, they also have the full driver and keys to prevent the tanks from getting through, gives a pass all the other layers. and then they also have, or a tillery in the back, and obviously error surveillance in order to see where the premiums are coming from, making it very difficult for the ukrainians to get through all the layers of these defenses without getting stock, which makes it very challenging. for the ukrainian side, especially because the league less air power capabilities are the number on the military on the list of things. college london on the phone with us. president donald trump has had several brushes with a low over the years, but the charges he will face in the miami cold house today, the most serious. yes, he is accused of illegally taking top secret government documents to his home in

florida. then, obstructing investigates is trying to recover the it is unclear if the case will do ray and his campaign to become president again, next year. but if convicted, he could phase several years in prison. back in florida state that is home soil for donald trump, the place where on tuesday afternoon he will appear before a miami towards the 1st boma us presidents to face federal criminal charges ready for trump survival. that is doable. gulf results. a small group of supporters all giving up for another extraordinary chapter in the life of donald trump. i don't, i don't, i don't understand that we're here to barbara too. while we're losing our values. i

think he'd be indicted on all the wrong reasons. he basically gave up the paper work. they call them dep logged on for a reason for the man who wants to win back the white house in 20. 24 is the republican pick, the stakes, the high. he's facing dozens of charges, but holding classified documents at his monologue at home in florida. if convicted, he could face he is in prison. and as is typical of the twice in page diploma presidents and the days since being indicted, he's been turning up the heat of the documents. all thing is a which it's a disgrace should never. c happen, it's hurting our country. joe biden has 1850 boxes of documents. he's got documented china down, he's got documents at 10. he doesn't want anybody to get them. it's a disgrace. what's happening? the. 2 tension is already building in miami ahead of trump's

moment before a federal judge. tens of thousands of expected to descend on the city with security being based up around the court house. in preparation. we obviously believe in the constitution and believe that people should have the right to express themselves. we encourage people to be peaceful and in them demonstrating how they're, how they feel. and we're going to have the adequate forces necessary to ensure that this is now one shot to vote for donald trump, the united states. and what comes next could further divide the country and set the battle lines ahead of next year's presidential election. dw isn't out, the middle of them is following the story for us in the florida. and uh yeah, i also have what we can expect from today's appearance of donald trump. impuls as

well. we are hours away from that appearance that is happening only this afternoon . it is still the morning here in miami, but the anticipation here is already palpable. there's so much media here so much of security. gerhard for all waiting for what is on its face. it's a procedural undertaking, but of course we know it's so much more than that. so donald trump is going to arrive at 3 pm eastern time. he's going to appear in this building. he's going to come in through a side door, not the front door. he has not, of course, expected to be in hand cops you might be fingerprinted today will be the opportunity for him to enter his plea. that plea is expected to be not guilty and that will set in it's almost set in motion. the process for which he could go to trial, the 1st former president, former president, to do so. now ahead of this, of course, he had been calling upon his supporters to descend upon miami. miami officials have

been, have been saying that they are prepared for whatever might happen. we've heard estimates of thousands of supporters. some say the low thousands, some say up to 50000 from where i am standing there. heard those thousands are as of yet nowhere to be see the most i've seen so far as a couple of drivers honking and yelling their support for trump. but as i said, it is still early in the morning here. and we might still see yet more calm me. now, the question that everybody's asking is, how likely is it that he will go to jail? and nobody can answer that, but i will ask you, is this how strong is the prosecution's case to thanks i heard what i think is important to note is that the us justice department, a special council jack smith, they will not have put forward this case if they did not believe that the evidence against a trump was particularly strong or damning. let's not forget that donald trump is

not just an ordinary defendant, right? he was the former president of the united states. he is parties a standard bearer. it is very important for the us justice department for us, but and for special counsel jack smith to not up your part is and to not appear like anything that you can do might interfere in the political process somewhat. but as i've said, gerhardt, this is just the beginning, this is setting in motion a series of events that could catapult this country into uncharted territory. this is a test for the country is a political and legal system. if you follow this to it's logical and say donald trump is convicted and he was also elected. one of those things may come before the other. we don't know what the timing of all of this is going to be, but then it throws up a whole host of questions as president. would he be able to pardon himself? would he be able to appoint an attorney general who might be able to clear him of wrong doing?

and these are things about this country has never been faced with before. the script is being written before very eyes. gerhardt dw correspondence and now the thank you very much to now us and that some sports is for you as well. and basketball, the denver nuggets of one of the 1st f, a n b, a championship, offering 94 to 89 victory over the miami seats. on monday night in game 5 of the finals from the home problems and nuggets came back from 10 points behind to close off the series, full one twin sing the 1st sentence say about the said 47 years in the mean. the light come back all their own bucks, but ultimately unable to overturn split and then the stuff the so throughout the series was because the your kids this or was named most valuable player with finals of to this is still you're watching the news coming up next

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